Bulgarian Aleksandar Antonov finished the 2019–20 season with 18 numbers ahead of World No. 2 Joshua Bull.
But after an infringement, the Premier League disqualified Antonov.
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Antonov has a YouTube channel committed to football, such is his success.
But despite scoring more problems than among the 7.6 million players, his rule violation saw him stripped of his crown.
On one on his channel, Antonov claimed that he had not cheated – his rape was intended to fear “the comments of the players [made] in a moment of frustration.”
Antonov, who did not respond to comment requests, allegedly “offended” a Premier League star in a personal organization discussion.
He said: “The explanation of why my disqualification is a moment of frustration with a player, expressed in words, written among friends.
“This was never intended to offend a footballer.
‘It’s nothing I posted or told a footballer.
“What we wrote with my friends in our chat are football jokes, I’m sure it’s not that another one of your football prank discussions.
“I disqualified from the season because anything taken from context largely, from a small Bulgarian useral cat to a user who actually doesn’t wish me the best in life and made me look like everything I’m not in EPL.”
After Antonov stripped off his title, Ipswich Bull fan, a 29-year-old postdoctoral fellow at Oxford University, vanished as the winner of the season, with 2,557 points.
A Premier League statement read: “Joshua Bull has shown himself to be the winner of the 2019/20 Fantasy Premier League.
“After the end-of-season checks, the final standings were updated in the match, leaving Southampton fan Joshua and his team ‘The Bulldozers’ in the most sensible of positions.
“His score of 68 on Gameweek 38, in which he played his Wildcard, was enough to fend off Chris McGowan’s Aupa Atleti challenge and Will Turner’s LP in Martial Mata.
“The team that in the past was ranked 1 was removed from the FPL due to a breach of our terms.”
During his victory, Bull claimed that he was surprised after receiving an email from the Premier League, but that, despite everything, he was delighted to beat his sister.
He said: “I hope to hear something from the Premier League at some point because it would be second.
“But then the email they sent me said that the guy in front of me was disqualified for some explanation as to why and that I was going to be crowned champion.
”In fact, I don’t have any of the Premier League teams, so it’s a way to worry a little bit.
“My sister has been beating me every year forever.
“This year I must take it seriously and try to defeat it.
“She’s very upset because she’s the real football expert in our family circle and now other people ask me.”
This article was first published on The Sun and reproduced with permission.
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